I (21M) found out that my girlfriend’s (22F) friends make fun of my stutter when I’m not around. They even encouraged her to break up with me because of it.

I’m in my early twenties and have stuttered since I was a little kid. It fluctuated over the years but has been severe for most of the time. I’ve always been very shy/introverted because of it and never got into a proper relationship. However a few months ago I started dating this wonderful girl that approached me. We chatted for a while and she eventually asked for my number (I genuinely thought it was a prank but fortunately it wasn’t). My stutter gets worse when I’m nervous so it was particularly bad at that moment but she didn’t seem bothered or uncomfortable at all. We’ve been together for four months now and I’m very, very happy. She’s amazing, fun and very caring. I’ve met her friends too and they all seemed friendly. I always got along with them very well.
Yesterday my gf emailed me a bunch of pics from our recent vacation (she took the pics on her phone). As I was going through them I noticed a few screenshots of her group chat conversation with her female friends. It was definitely a mistake and I wasn’t going to snoop but then I noticed my name several times. I read their conversation and it was pretty shocking. Almost all of them were making fun of my stutter and asked her how she puts up with it. They said that I’m “at least good looking†which is, according to them, the only positive thing about me and the ONLY reason my gf is with me in the first place. They also asked her a lot of personal questions about me and asked her if I stutter during sex. Then they proceeded to theorize what I sound like during sex.
The worst thing was that they encouraged her to break up with me. They said that she should dump me and date someone “normalâ€. That honestly felt like a punch to the gut. My gf defended me and sounded pretty ****** off but they just told her that she was wasting her time with me. I know I shouldn’t let stuff like this get to me but it really hurts. My confidence has gone down and so has my self esteem. Now I have all these bad thoughts in my head, like that she deserves someone better. I’m seriously considering taking a break from this relationship. Is this a reasonable idea? Should I tell her about the screenshots and come clear or just leave it?
TL;DR My girlfriends female friends make fun of my stutter in their group chats and presumably talk badly about me whenever I’m not around. They even encouraged her to break up with me to date someone ‘normal’. This has severely affected my confidence and I’m starting to think they’re right. What should I do?


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